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The Mountaineers are ranked 24th and 25th, in the AP & Coaches polls respectively, down from 20th & 22nd. WVU travels to Austin to take on the Texas Longhorns this coming Saturday, 3:30 pm ET, on FOX Sports 1.
Here is the full table of rankings.
| AP | Coaches | Massey | |
| 1 | Mississippi State | Mississippi State | Auburn |
| 2 | Florida State | Florida State | Alabama |
| 3 | Auburn | Auburn | Mississippi State |
| 4 | Alabama | Alabama | Florida State |
| 5 | Oregon | Oregon | Ole Miss |
| 6 | TCU | Michigan State | Oregon |
| 7 | Michigan State | TCU | Kansas State |
| 8 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | LSU |
| 9 | Kansas State | Kansas State | TCU |
| 10 | Baylor | Baylor | Oklahoma |
| 11 | Arizona State | Ohio State | Michigan State |
| 12 | Ole Miss | Arizona State | Baylor |
| 13 | Ohio State | Ole Miss | Arizona State |
| 14 | LSU | Nebraska | Georgia |
| 15 | Nebraska | LSU | UCLA |
| 16 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Notre Dame |
| 17 | Georgia | Georgia | Nebraska |
| 18 | UCLA | UCLA | Clemson |
| 19 | Clemson | Clemson | Ohio State |
| 20 | Utah | Duke | West Virginia |
| 21 | Arizona | Arizona | Missouri |
| 22 | Duke | Utah | USC |
| 23 | Marshall | Marshall | Texas A&M |
| 24 | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Arizona |
| 25 | Wisconsin | West Virginia | Florida |